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Partisans Rise for Elections Battle

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Michael Howard Saul

Updated June 2, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

Four potential 2013 Democratic mayoral candidates will join forces Wednesday to combat an initiative to abolish partisan primary elections, a proposal that would alter how New Yorkers elect their leaders.

In recent weeks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who in 2003 bankrolled a failed campaign to institute nonpartisan elections, has voiced strong support for the proposal. The Charter Revision Commission, a panel that could put the issue before voters this fall, will hold a forum highlighting the subject Wednesday night.